8 October 2008: IISD Reporting Services is pleased to
announce that the newest issue of CLIMATE-L.ORG Bulletin is now available. To
access the eighth issue directly, click here. To read past
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The eighth issue
of CLIMATE-L.ORG Bulletin highlights recent stories related to the
International Day for Disaster Reduction, which is being celebrated on 8
October 2008. This issue also includes two articles:

• Climate Change Adaptation
  Starts with Disaster Reduction, by Sálvano Briceño, Director of the Secretariat
  of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR); and
• A ‘Global Development Budget’ for Copenhagen,
  by Richard Sherman, IISD RS